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Whig-Clio to host a forum to discuss abortion rights, April 5

Posted April 4, 2001; 11:37 a.m.

by kit

is hosting a forum to discuss the issue of abortion rights. This event will include prominent speakers from each side of the issue, and a debate between leading academics on the subject.

A Senate debate on the topic of abortion will occur on Thursday, April 5, at 9 p.m. in the Whig Hall Senate Chamber. Professor Peter Singer and Professor Lee Silver have agreed to debate on the pro-choice side. Professor Nancy Duff, of the Princeton Theological Seminary, will give a cross-bar, highlighting the issues of potential compromise between the two sides of the issue. Dr. Russ Nieli will be debating on the pro-life side with Professor Dan Robinson of Georgetown and Oxford Universities. Two nationally recognized undergraduate debaters will join the debate.